388, Lot: 593. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. Hyperpyron Nomisma (27mm, 4.10 g, 6h). Class II. Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: small (ΔΠ monogram) above (ΔΠ monogram) | (ΔΠ monogram) / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively; seven pellets in two groups (one group of three, the other of four). Cf. DOC 239-42 (for type); PCPC 127 (cf. sigla 2 and 3); SB 2396. VF, toned, areas of flat strike, hairline flan crack.